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Sen. Bernie Sanders Visits The O’Reilly Factor

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on April 16, 2015 · Flag

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Bill O’Reilly did his best to bait Senator Bernie Sanders into attacking Hillary Clinton (or else endorsing her positions) but Sanders was too sharp to fall into the trap.

O’Reilly hosted Sanders after a Talking Points Commentary that was called, “Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail.” Here’s the series of trick, or at least tricky, questions O’Reilly asked.

Q: Hillary Clinton’s way too conservative for you, right, Senator?

Q: It’s really tough for a person like Hillary Clinton, who’s getting $250,000 a pop for a speech, and who made an enormous amount of money off some kind of commodities trade way back in Arkansas - I think she invested a thousand and came away with a hundred grand – it’s gotta be pretty hard for her to attack the financial system and high-wage earners, is it not?

Q: She’s receiving huge amounts of money, not only from people in America but from Saudi Arabia and, and, you know, God knows where else.

When O’Reilly utterly failed to get Sanders to either knock or defend Clinton, O’Reilly turned friendly. He noted that Teddy Roosevelt “did a little bit” of what Sanders was advocating.

O’REILLY: And I think if you would present it in a way that it isn’t the government running the economy, then you might get a hearing on it. But unfortunately socialists – and you’re one of those – want the government …to run the economy.”

After a bit of back and forth, Sanders quipped, “Well, Bill, I’m not gonna ask you to be my vice presidential candidate and that’s it.”

“You might have a chance if you did,” O’Reilly shot back.

And then they moved on to debate the Iran nuclear deal.

Watch it below, from tonight’s The O’Reilly Factor.

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doors17 commented 2015-04-17 19:27:31 -0400 · Flag
Since he really doesn’t have a chance to win in a national primary election, I would love to see him appointed to The Supreme Court.

That’ll really make the right wing heads go bluie.
Erich Pomfret commented 2015-04-17 16:33:04 -0400 · Flag
Steve St. John and marco: When Bernie was the wildly popular mayor of Burlington VT, many of his detractors lived in a section of the city where they had recently purchased modest tract homes utilizing subsidized financing. So proud were they to be moving on up in their pursuit of that elusive first million dollars, they didn’t hesitate to bite the hand that fed them.
Steve St John commented 2015-04-17 14:35:04 -0400 · Flag
Marco – your last sentence shows (unfortunately) why the Republicans are able to get so many votes. Too many middle class people idolize those who make a lot of money – that’s considered a virtue – and not only that, a lot of them think they can become wealthy too, even though the odds of that happening are really slim.
marco commented 2015-04-17 11:07:41 -0400 · Flag
Mr. Sanders is humble and honest. The admitted socialist independent and I would look forward to his seeking the presidency. Hillary is central Democrat, which can be more in her favor to win but Mr. Sanders is totally going to attempt to give the middle class an opportunity. He is correct in saying that he can’t fund a campaign in his favor. And when people hear him use the word socialist, they will discredit him and pound him in the ground. Funny that many middle class people actually think they are right up there with the billionaires just because they are one step ahead of the poor.
Erich Pomfret commented 2015-04-17 08:48:08 -0400 · Flag
I’m beginning to rethink my reluctance about Bernie’s potential presidential run… and not because he was at one time my mayor, my congressman, my senator, and a personal acquaintance.
NewsHounds posted about Sen. Bernie Sanders Visits The O’Reilly Factor on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2015-04-16 22:47:29 -0400
Sanders did a great job.








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